LIVERPOOL 143 



1869 



Mr. Weyman's "The Colonel," 6 yrs., 



10 St. 7 lb G. Stevens . i 



Capt. Browne's "Hall Court," aged, 10 st. 



12 lb Capt. Tempest 2 



Capt. Machell's " Gardener," aged, 



10 St. 7 lb T. Ryan . . 3 



Twenty-two started. Betting : — [3 to i The Colonel ; 66 to i each 

 Hall Court and Gardener. 



Among the starters were Alcibiade, Pearl Diver, 

 The Nun, Fortunatus, Orne, the pony Globule, Q.C., 

 Despatch, Huntsman's Daughter, Knave of Trumps, 

 Bishopton, and some others. The race was all along of 

 an open nature, but The Colonel held his own as first 

 favourite, except about ten days before the race, when 

 he went back in the betting, owing probably to reports 

 of the great things expected of Despatch, Fortunatus, 

 Alcibiade, and Pearl Diver. The race itself was of an 

 exciting character, though no fewer than ten of the 

 twenty-two starters came to grief in one way or another 

 before the first round was finished. The ever dis- 

 appointing, and often much fancied, Fan refused the 

 first fence as she had done in the previous year, and 

 gave her name to the fence in question ; the extraordinary 

 looking Guy of Warwick did the same, Huntsman's 

 Daughter fell and broke her leg, and Havelock, rolling 

 over Wheeler, gave him a good shaking, but ultimately 

 he recovered sufficiently to be driven away in a cab. 

 After three false starts Mr. M 'George succeeded in 

 sending the horses on their way, the little Globule 

 bounding away like a cork, showing the way to Orne 

 and Fan, George Stevens lying last, as was his 

 wont, with The Colonel. On reaching the race-course 

 Gardener went in front, and after Fan had refused her 



